HORTATIVE

PRONUNCIATION: (HOHR-tuh-tiv)

MEANING: adjective: Strongly urging.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin hortari (to urge). Ultimately from the Indo-European root gher- (to like or want), which also gave us yearn, charisma, greedy, and exhort. Earliest documented use: 1623.
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ORTATIVE - piecemeal

SHORTATIVE - abbreviated

SORTATIVE - categorizing

HORATATIVE - defending bridges despite overwhelming odds